mountain leader

English

Noun

mountain leader (plural mountain leaders)

1. (military) A military operative who specializes in leading, or delivering training for, operations at high altitudes or very low temperatures.
2. Someone who leads groups on mountain climbs and hikes after having been trained and receiving a qualification.
   • 2000, Pete Hill, Stuart Johnston, The Mountain Skills Training Handbook, →ISBN, page 159:

     The rucksack of a summer mountain leader should contain adequate kit for not only himself, but a few extra essentials for group use.

   • 2000, Arthur Harold Griffin, The Coniston Tigers: Seventy Years of Mountain Adventure, →ISBN, page 197:

     Meanwhile, Robin took a first-aid course, so that he might help people in distress on the hills, qualified as a mountain leader and, in the spring of 1998, went on an expedition to the Himalayas.

   • 2004, Nick Cullingworth, BTEC National Public Services, →ISBN, page 227:

     Find someone who has a mountain leader award and ask what skills and knowledge the training gave them.

   • 2013, Allen Fyffe, Blair Fyffe, Winter Climbs in the Cairngorms: The Cairngorms and Creag Meagaidh, →ISBN:

     During the summer he does a variety of jobs, including mountain leader, countryside ranger and research associate for Edinburgh University.